Problem: The bioprocessing industry is advancing the capability to monitor and control its manufacturing systems.

Did somebody order more dNTPs? Where is the p53 antibody? Every day, simple questions like these disrupt workflow and distract researchers from their experiments

The pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical industries are experiencing watershed changes that are directly driving the need to increase research efficiency while minimizing costs.

Problem: The use of laboratory automation increases productivity and precision, making it attractive for use in the pharmaceutical industry.

Chemical procedures commonly require the introduction of heat. This is typically in the form of a hot plate or open flame. While the best place to perform these types of chemical procedures is inside a chemical fume hood, most people are unaware of heat’s effect on the airflow through the fume hood, and the potential impact on containment.

Cleaning and rinsing lab and process carboys and containers by hand inevitably leads to problems with cross-contamination.

With ever increasing regulatory requirements, the balance between the declining quality of incoming crude oil and the heavily regulated quality of outgoing products makes refining a very quality- conscious operation.

Classical methods for protein quantitation rely on colorimetric assays, such as those involving protein-copper chelation (bicinchoninic acid (BCA) and Lowry assays) and dye-binding based detection (Bradford and “660 Assay”) or ultraviolet (UV) spectroscopy.

Protein affinity purification is typically carried out in a miniaturized format using spin columns or gravity flow methods. Both techniques have limitations.

Strong growth in healthcare spending, especially in emerging economies, is driving increased demand for medical testing, drug discovery, genomics, and proteomics, as well as the instruments used to carry out these processes.

Problem: A mainstay in life science research, western blotting is commonly used to assess relative protein expression differences, such as when investigating cellular signaling pathways. Accurate quantification requires careful attention to procedural details and normalization.

Since the early 1990s, biobanking has been evolving as a key resource, increasing the availability and use of biological material such as DNA, RNA, tissues and cells for biomedical research.